1/2. The first of two programmes marking the 150th anniversary of the deaths of composer Robert Schumann and the poet
Heinrich Heine. Through specially commissioned dramas by Hattie Naylor , starring Daniel Goode and Ben Crowe , and an exploration of Heine's complex relationship with his native Germany by Jim Reed , lain Burnside delves deeper into one of the most fascinating composer-poet relationships of the 19th century. Tonight he travels along the Rhine visiting places associated with Schumann and Heine. The second programme is tomorrow night at 7.30pm. Tragodie
Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Irwin Gage (piano) Derarme Peter Olaf Bär (baritone), Helmut Deutsch (piano)
Die beiden Grenadiere Thomas Allen (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Be/safzar Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano)
Liederkreis, Op 24 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Christoph Eschenbach (piano).